Fishermans Reach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Fishermans Reach of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Fishermans Reach was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Fishermans Reach aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fishermans Reach was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Fishermans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fishermans Reach was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Fishermans Reach 21.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fishermans Reach were English 31.8%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.0% and German 5.5%.

In Fishermans Reach, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 3.2%, Germany 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Fishermans Reach, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fishermans Reach were No Religion 34.0%, Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 15.2%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.2% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.5%.

In Fishermans Reach 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.8%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fishermans Reach. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 43.5% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fishermans Reach, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 20.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fishermans Reach was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Fishermans Reach included Managers 34.9%, Labourers 22.9%, Professionals 8.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Fishermans Reach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 30.0%, Accommodation 8.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, School Education 3.6% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fishermans Reach was $392.

In Fishermans Reach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 43.2%, Car, as passenger 10.8%, Walked only 7.2% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fishermans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 17.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Fishermans Reach, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fishermans Reach, 35.8% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Fishermans Reach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fishermans Reach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Fishermans Reach, of couple families with children, 6.9% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fishermans Reach, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fishermans Reach, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Fishermans Reach, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fishermans Reach, 40.5% were owned outright, 21.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Fishermans Reach, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Fishermans Reach, 43.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Fishermans Reach, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fishermans Reach, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 40 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Fishermans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Fishermans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.